[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 148 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RAMMING THE MEDICARE PLAN THROUGH CONGRESS REPRESENTS A NEW LOW

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I have said before that the new majority is 
going too far, too fast, and now I add the words, ``too low.'' Yes, the 
way they are trying to ram their Medicare plan through the Congress 
represents a new low in backroom attacks on our seniors.
  Let us make it clear; The new majority is allowing only 1 day of 
hearings on their Medicare plan. I repeat 1 day of hearings.
  As a former city council member, I can tell you that we had more 
debate on sidewalk improvements than Speaker Gingrich will allow on 
Medicare which affects millions of seniors and their families. But, you 
know, if I was in the new majority, I'd be hiding their Medicare plan, 
too, because it increases premiums on seniors and takes away their 
choice of doctor for one reason, and for one reason only: to pay for 
one of the most outrageous and unfair tax giveaways in American 
history.

  Mr. Speaker, let us see the full details of your Medicare plan. Let 
us have public hearings. Let us get it out in the open, because as far 
as I am concerned, a plan that cannot withstand the bright light of day 
simply is not good enough for the seniors and families of this country.

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